Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 32 Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, Chu Nan, you want me to sell official positions?

"What?" After hearing Chu Nan's words, all the princes present were shocked.

"Master Chu, what do you mean? These corrupt officials can be corrupt, but they can't spend a single cent?"

"Of course." Chu Nan nodded.

"I only gave them the opportunity to embezzle money, but I didn't let them spend it after they embezzled it. This is all your majesty's money, they are just keeping it for safekeeping, and they will have to pay it back after their property is confiscated. Why should they spend it?"

"Since they themselves have crossed the line and spent it, they must be killed."

"Your Majesty has established the Imperial Guard, hasn't he? The Imperial Guard probably hasn't taken control of the entire country yet, but Nanjing will surely soon take control. So whoever dares to spend money recklessly will be killed. Let's see who dares to spend money recklessly again!"

"What!" After Chu Nan finished speaking, the princes were all shocked.

In other words, these corrupt officials have billions of assets but cannot spend a single cent?
You can obviously live a life of luxury, with delicious food and fish, but you still have to pretend to be poor and eat steamed buns every day?
Isn’t Chu Nan too cruel?
Even Zhu Yuanzhang felt embarrassed. Why should these corrupt officials return all the money they embezzled to me?

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very concerned about finally being able to kill these corrupt officials.

Then his face showed a cold expression: "When I return to the palace, I will immediately summon the Jinyiwei to take action."

"Catch and kill all the extravagant corrupt officials in Puyang and the capital! I want to see who dares to spend money recklessly after embezzling money!"

"They are just my money bags. They can help me save money, but if they want to spend it, they are not qualified. Whoever spends it will die!"

“How cruel.” The princes trembled upon hearing this. They had been reading books written by saints, but recently they had been exposed to such vicious thoughts.

The soul is about to be polluted!
"Alas." But Liu Bowen sighed slightly at this time.

Because there are so many corrupt officials in the capital, all of them are subordinates of his apprentice Yang Xian. He had long advised Yang Xian not to do this, but Yang Xian just wouldn't listen, and instead instructed these corrupt officials...

This time, I don’t know if Yang Xian can make it through.

"By the way, Chu Nan." Seeing that he knew how to deal with corrupt officials, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again.

"In addition to these corrupt officials, there are also unscrupulous businessmen to deal with."

His expression became serious, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"I have received news that half of the responsibility for the people's rebellion lies with corrupt officials, and the other half lies with unscrupulous businessmen."

"Moreover, these profiteers are even more hateful than corrupt officials, because they not only raised the price of grain, causing many people to starve to death, but they also sold the grain provided by the imperial court to the Yuan people and the Zhen people in the north by sea transport."

"Damn it!" Zhu Yuanzhang exploded with anger when he thought of this.

These bastards, their own people are starving to death, but they are still thinking about making money.

They even sold grain to the Yuan people, making them stronger and stronger. What a threat this was to the Ming Dynasty! These people only cared about money. They really deserved death!

"I will kill all these profiteers and ban all fishing boats from going to sea. Let's see how they sell their boats!"

"Yes!" After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, many princes also supported it.

Zhu Di: "These profiteers are so hateful. If the sea is banned and the land route is blocked, they will definitely not be able to leave."

Zhu Chong: "Besides, the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty are often invaded by Japanese pirates, and the people suffer terribly. It is better to ban them."

The princes all expressed their opinions and supported Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the princes all supported him, he nodded and said, "Then ban it. I will draft an edict today."

"Your Majesty, we must not ban the sea." But just when they all said they wanted to ban the sea, Chu Nan shook his head. "Why was the Song Dynasty's economy so developed? One of the reasons is that foreign trade was very developed, causing a large amount of the world's wealth to flow into the Song Dynasty."

"And how rich was the Song Dynasty? You may not believe it, it accounted for 80% of the world's total economy! Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, was the largest city in the world."

"So if you ban the sea and restrict foreign trade, how can the Ming Dynasty become so rich?"

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this. He knew that the Song Dynasty was rich, but he didn't expect that it would be so rich?

But he was puzzled again: "No, Chu Nan, you are so young and have never been out of the Ming Dynasty, how do you know that the Song Dynasty's economy accounts for 80% of the world's economy?"

"Your Majesty." Chu Nan had already thought of what to say.

"This is all my speculation based on historical records, and the Song Dynasty was indeed very wealthy. In short, you should not ban the sea."

"And you forgot, I told you that there are many good things overseas. My Great Ming still has to go get those good things. If you ban the sea, how can we get them?"

"Yes, yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, almost forgetting that he had seen a world map.

There are so many good places in this world, and he doesn't want to just farm in Ming Dynasty.

As for how Chu Nan knew it, he did not delve into it. After all, this point is not important now. Anyway, Chu Nan said that he read it in history books, and he certainly did not believe it.

His face turned serious again: "Then tell me, how should we deal with this profiteer?"

"If there is no better solution, I can only ban the sea. I can't let the Yuan people become stronger and stronger just for the sake of developing trade. They are my great enemy."

"Of course there are ways to deal with unscrupulous businessmen." Chu Nan smiled faintly upon hearing this and was about to speak.

"Wait a moment!" Seeing Chu Nan showing his signature smile, the princes became a little panicked.

"You're not going to use any evil tricks again, are you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very worried: "How many people will die from your vicious plan?"

Chu Nan: "Uh... I don't think my plan is that vicious, right?"

"Didn't the guardhouse system a few days ago poison anyone? This time it must be a good plan."

"That's fine." Zhu Yuanzhang relaxed when he saw it.

"Then tell me, young people should not be too vicious. You should be kind like me."

Chu Nan was shocked when he heard this. You also call yourself kind? Then are there still good people in the world?

Then he didn't say anything more and spoke directly.

"Your Majesty, I think that these unscrupulous businessmen and corrupt officials are the same. Although some of them are profit-seeking, many of them are very capable."

"And this time, the unscrupulous businessmen in the Puyang area will definitely be killed, but killing so many corrupt officials this time will definitely leave a lot of job vacancies."

"So I suggest that we reform the system, clearly mark the price of official positions, and then let these profiteers buy positions to fill the gaps."

"In this way, the court gets the money from these profiteers and solves the problem of vacant official positions. Why not?"

"What?" But after Chu Nan finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.

"You want me to sell my position?"

(End of this chapter)